Areas of Study
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These are approaches to history; not listed are histories of other fields, such as history of science, history of mathematics and history of philosophy.
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“... two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 16 (1962)
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